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United States Patent | 5,334,042 |
Chevalier | August 2, 1994 |
An electrical cord connecting apparatus for maintaining the connection between a plug and socket. A plug of a portion of electrical cord is held at a first end of a supporting member and a socket of another portion of electrical cord is held at a second end of the supporting member. The supporting member is shaped such that the plug and socket are held at positions which are effective to hold the plug adjacent to the socket in an engaged position with the plug inserted in the socket. The plug end portion or the socket end portion of an electrical cord is clipped onto and retained at one end of the supporting member and the corresponding other of the plug end or the socket end portion of either the same electrical cord (when the device is used to facilitate handling of the electrical cord) or another electrical cord (when the device is used to maintain the effective coupling between the plug and socket) is clipped onto and retained by the other end of the supporting member. The present invention is effective for use with cords of varying size and shapes. Also, the present invention is effective to facilitate storage and transportation of electrical cords.
Inventors: | Chevalier; Robert K. (836 Grassy Hill Rd., Orange, CT 06477) |
Appl. No.: | 851619 |
Filed: | March 16, 1992 |
Current U.S. Class: | 439/369; 439/368 |
Intern'l Class: | H01R 013/62 |
Field of Search: | 439/369,367,501,531,370,368,371 |
2720633 | Oct., 1955 | Westberg | 439/369. |
2761109 | Aug., 1956 | Hacker | 439/369. |
3029408 | Apr., 1962 | Anderson | 439/369. |
3183470 | May., 1965 | Hale | 439/369. |
3609638 | Sep., 1971 | Darrey | 439/369. |